Fredonia vs Silver Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Fredonia and Silver Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Fredonia and Silver Creek are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fredonia has the higher population (9,601 vs 2,619 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $47,694 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $119,500 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
Population	9,601	2,619
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,694	$66,250
Median home value	$184,400	$119,500
Median gross rent	$866	$918
Housing units	4,358	1,248
Homeownership rate	56.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
Population	10,464 → 9,601 (-8.2%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $47,694 (-2.8%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $184,400 (+41.1%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $866 (+16.7%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

Fredonia

Population

10,4649,601

Median household income

$49,071$47,694

Median home value

$130,700$184,400

Median gross rent

$742$866

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	30.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	20.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.9%
75 and over	9.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	87.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
Drove alone	69.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	13.9%
Other means	3.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	53.7%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	24.0%	17.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1951	1938